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Calgary has been a pioneer in three areas of concern to this blog—[1] light-rail transit; [2] off-road trails; and [3] central-city densification—and I tried on this trip to take a close look at recent developments. I ended up being quite impressed. [1] Light-rail transit. Calgary was apparently the first North American city since World War II to put light-rail transit on surface streets downtown. The initial line opened on 25 May 1981. Many other North American cities were thinking of establishing rail lines in this period but hesitated for many reasons, among them a sense that subway lines cost too much and that surface lines would degrade the environment. Planners were (perhaps inevitably) thinking of the noisy elevated lines in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago. To avoid this problem, Edmonton, Alberta’s capital, had built an elaborate (and expensive) downtown subway for what is now known as the Capital Line; it opened on 22 April 1978, three years before Calgary’s CTrain

Calgary aims at “livability” | Liberal Landscape Skip to content Liberal Landscape Home About Author ← Delhi tries a little “pedestrianization” Why I (sometimes) capitalize Pandemic → Calgary aims at “livability” Posted on June 29, 2023 by Christopher Winters I spent a few days earlier this month in Calgary. It was my first visit to the city since 1991. I had also been there in 1975. Calgary has been a pioneer in three areas of concern to this blog—[1] light-rail transit; [2] off-road trails; and [3] central-city densification—and I tried on this trip to take a close look at recent d

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